Tag: Annette Bening
Christina Hendricks in Talks for Sally Potter’s Anti-Nuclear Movie BOMB; Annette Bening Circling
Bomb, written and directed by Sally Potter (Yes), is about two young rebels, played by Elle Fanning (Rosa) and Alice Englart (Ginger) at the forefront of political, social and sexual change, who are torn apart when Ginger’s father (Alessandro Nivola) begins an affair with the other.
Natasha Lyonne and June Diane Raphael in Imogene Film
The Kristen Wiig starring Imogene has been made two new female additions to its cast – Natasha Lyonne and June Diane Raphael.
Lyonne will play a Jersey Shore girl who works on the boardwalk and is the love interest of Christopher Fitzgerald‘s (Tony Award nominee) character. Details regarding Raphael’s role are not revealed.
Annette Bening Joins Kristen Wiig for Imogene
Imogene is definitely one of those projects you should bookmark somewhere. Just in case you’re wondering why, here we are to explain the whole thing.
First of all, we’re talking about a comedy that will be directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (American Splendor helmers).
Second, this project already stars great Kristen Wiig.
And third, according to the latest reports, Annette Bening has joined the cast as well!
As Wiig previously explained the movie is: “…basically about a girl who kind of pretends to kill herself. Starting off really funny, isn’t it?
She does it to get her recently ex-boyfriend’s attention. She ends up having to go live with her mom, whom she hasn’t seen in years. It’s kind of about going back home, so she finds her life again and gets reintroduced to her family, kind of a coming home story.”
Annette Bening to Join Dayton & Faris Film He Loves Me
2010’s The Kids Are All Right became her most critically acclaimed acting since American Beauty, with several reviewers noting that she deserves an Oscar for her nuanced performance that led to her second Golden Globe, and that work has also earned her an Academy Award and Screen Actors Guild nominations.
Annette Bening has finally found a path back to acting as the actress is in final talks to play Paul Dano‘s mother in Fox Searchlight’s He Loves Me.
King’s Speech Ensemble Wins at Santa Barbara
The King’s Speech has been given another top Oscars boost just two days after alleged gold at the Producers Guild Awards in Hollywood – the cast has won the Best Ensemble prize at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) committee.
Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush and other members of the cast – as well as director Tom Hooper – are expected to attend the awards ceremony on January 31st at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara.
Firth was honored with the festival’s Outstanding Performance of the Year award last year for his work in A Single Man.
Rush will be honored singly at the festival with the Montecito Award. According to the festival, the Montecito Award is given to
“a performer who has given a series of classic and standout performances in his/her career”
Social Network, King’s Speech Aim for Oscars
The Social Network, a story about the prickly author of Facebook, and The King’s Speech, a saga of Queen Elizabeth II’s stammering father, are to be announced shortly, among likely nominees for Hollywood’s top prize, at Samuel Goldwyn Theater.
The 83rd Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, February 27, 2011, telecast live from the historic Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on ABC at 8PM ET.
The two films are the best-picture front-runners. With a best-drama win at the Golden Globes and top honors from key critics groups, “The Social Network” seems to have the edge. But “The King’s Speech” pulled off an upset over the weekend for the main prize at the Producers Guild of America Awards, whose winner often goes on to claim best picture at the Oscars.
Golden Globe 2011 Winners
The Social Network won top honors Sunday at the Golden Globes with four prizes, together with best drama and director, solidifying its position as an Academy Awards favorite.
Winning the dramatic lead-acting prizes were Colin Firth for the monarchy saga The King’s Speech and Natalie Portman for the psychosexual thriller Black Swan.
Lead-acting honors for the Globes’ musical or comedy categories went to Annette Bening for the lesbian-family story The Kids Are All Right and Paul Giamatti for the cynic tale Barney’s Version.
The boxing drama The Fighter got both supporting acting Globes, for Christian Bale and Melissa Leo.
I’m personally loath to acknowledge the kind of wonderful response this film has received for fear of becoming addicted to it, so suffice it to say, it’s been really nice,”
said David Fincher, whose film also won the Globes for screenplay for Aaron Sorkin and musical score for Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.
2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Colin Firth, Michelle Williams and Jesse Eisenberg will be competing for Golden Globes on Sunday, but the competition started early when the stars appeared at the 2011 New York Film Critics Circle Awards at Crimson on Monday in NYC. Colin got the Best Actor for The King’s Speech, but Michelle lost out on the Best Actress award for Blue Valentine.
Melissa Leo gained the award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in The Fighter.
The big champ of the evening was The Kids Are All Right, which picked up Best Screenplay, Best Actress (Annette Bening), and Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
New The Kids Are All Right Poster
Focus Features has released a new movie poster for The Kids Are All Right.
The Kids Are All Right is the heartfelt new comedy from acclaimed director Lisa Cholodenko, starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo. Two teenaged children (Alice in Wonderland’s Mia Wasikowska and Journey to the Center of the Earth’s Josh Hutcherson) get the notion to seek out their biological father and introduce him into the family life that their two mothers (Bening and Moore) have built for them. Once the donor (Ruffalo) is found, the household will never be the same, as family ties are defined, re—defined, and re—re—defined. The New York Times raves that it’s “a generous, nearly note—perfect portrait of a modern family,” and Entertainment Weekly calls the movie “funny, smart and sexy!”
